G&L, Invader Plus Pickup Spacing

[Sprinter 92]

Are the Seymour Duncan pickups in a modern Invader, standard spaced or F spaced?

[Craig]

Are the Seymour Duncan pickups in a modern Invader, standard spaced or F spaced?

Here's Chris Robosan's reply:

HI Craig,
F spaced for Bridge TB4


Here's some info from Seymour's site on string spacing:

"A standard Humbucker’s pole pieces are built according to a traditional Gibson string spacing of 1.930″ (49mm), measured from the center of the high E string to the center of the low E string at the bridge pickup location. But guitars with tremolo bridges ? particuarly Floyd Rose style locking bridges, six-screw vintage types or two-point fulcrum bridges ? have a wider string spacing of 2.070″ (52.6mm). This means that a pickup designed for a tremolo guitar (or one with the same string spacing) needs the pole pieces to be spaced slightly further apart in order to more accurately sense the vibrations of their respective strings. An early solution to this problem was to simple angle a regular humbucker slightly so that at least one pole piece would pick up each of the outermost strings, but this was a stopgap solution until wider spacing was developed.

This only applies to the spacing for the bridge (sometimes called treble) pickup. By the time the strings pass over the neck (or rhythm) pickup, their spacing has narrowed down, so a Humbucker will be properly spaced for your needs whether you have Gibson or Floyd Rose spacing at the bridge."



Thanks,
Chris R
Warranty Repair/Service Dept. USA
G&L/Tribute Musical Instruments
crobosan@glguitars.com

Hope this helps.

[Sprinter 92]

Thank you, Craig! Now I need to find some pickups to replace the EMG's that are in it now.